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I've done a lot of these January 1st look forward posts in the 20+ years I've been blogging. I've used many different approaches. I sometimes talk big themes, like I did last year. I sometimes focus on just one thing. And sometimes I just make a bunch of predictions. I am going to do the latter approach today because I feel like it and it's so much fun. 1/ Apple and Google will leverage their existing market power to surpass OpenAI/ChatGPT in consumer AI prompts by the end of 2025. 2/ Waymo w...
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Code is a mobile app built onchain that allows anyone to send anyone else money anywhere in the world and it is entirely self custodial. Code uses the Kin token that came out of the Kik mobile messaging app. The Code team are the same folks that built Kik and Kin. I've been working with them for almost a decade and a half and it has been a wild and fun ride.
You need the Code app to do anything with Code but once you have it, it is slick. You can download Code here or by scanning this QR code:
One of my favorite features of Code is the tip card. Here is mine:
If you have Code on your phone, you can also go to https://tipcard.getcode.com/X/fredwilson
Anyone who has the Code app can scan that card and tip. Everyone who has Code has a tip card. Your tip card can go in your social profile on TikTok, Twitch, etc. You can send it via a messaging app. Or, like I just did, you can put in in a blog post.
Micropayments has always been one of the most exciting onchain use cases for me. And as we are seeing all over web3 now, tipping is leading the charge for micropayments. I think that's awesome.
Code is a mobile app built onchain that allows anyone to send anyone else money anywhere in the world and it is entirely self custodial. Code uses the Kin token that came out of the Kik mobile messaging app. The Code team are the same folks that built Kik and Kin. I've been working with them for almost a decade and a half and it has been a wild and fun ride.
You need the Code app to do anything with Code but once you have it, it is slick. You can download Code here or by scanning this QR code:
One of my favorite features of Code is the tip card. Here is mine:
If you have Code on your phone, you can also go to https://tipcard.getcode.com/X/fredwilson
Anyone who has the Code app can scan that card and tip. Everyone who has Code has a tip card. Your tip card can go in your social profile on TikTok, Twitch, etc. You can send it via a messaging app. Or, like I just did, you can put in in a blog post.
Micropayments has always been one of the most exciting onchain use cases for me. And as we are seeing all over web3 now, tipping is leading the charge for micropayments. I think that's awesome.
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Hi Casters. I have been playing around with Tip Cards in the Code mobile app and wrote about them today https://avc.xyz/code-tip-cards
I feel like micropayments have been prematurely written off due to thought experiments whereas the truth is we haven't had good products yet to truly validate the thesis